Wyatt Deihl

Why the Cooke Scholar community means so much to you

How do you define success?

What being a Cooke Scholar means to you

Having a passion to learn outside of school

Gaining confidence and experiencing personal growth during grad school

Did you ever feel like you belonged at Yale?

Confronting your imposter syndrome when you started at Yale

Getting into Yale and advocating for other FGLI students

Taking a gap year before grad school to do meaningful work

Becoming a Truman Scholar and applying to graduate school

Getting involved socially and being a leader on campus

Self-designing your major in college

Discovering your interest for health policy

Adjusting to the academics at college after transferring

Finding the college that was the right fit for you

Finding out about the Cooke Scholarship and then becoming a Scholar

Finding success at community college and believing a four-year school was within reach

Adjusting to and then thriving at community college

Your personal journey that led you to community college

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